This morning while working through Psalm 119 I was struck by the tension between our responsibility and our dependence on God to obey. In verses 4 and 5 David, in his prayer, affirms that we are to diligently keep Godâ€™s precepts and in the next breath begs God to allow him to do so.

While thinking and praying through this the Lord took me to 2 Timothy 2:24 â€“ 25. It was a poignant reminder of that same tension as we give our lives to others. There Paul lists five characteristics of the bond servant: not quarrelsome, kind, able to teach, patient, and gentle. Note that the first two and last two are character issues. Only the middle characteristic, able to teach, is a skill. One could conclude from this that the character of the bond servant is rather important. It also begs the question how one develops those required elements of character. I have some thoughts but am very interested in yours on thisâ€¦

I am sitting in the Madrid airport as I write this waiting for my travel agent to tell me which hotel she set up my reservation. There was an email glitch and I did not get that information. So since she is away from her computer and will not be back at it for about 45 more minutes. I will redeem the time.

You may know that I am on my way back from Morocco, if you did not know that â€“ I am. I was on a team of 5 presenters, a videographer, the daughter of one of the presenters who kept time for us, and two individuals from the Moroccan government. We did three conferences in the last 10 days. One in LaAyoune and two in Dakhla both cities are in Southern Morocco or Western Sahara as you can see on the map if you click the links.

You have not heard from me in a while. Reason is I have been working on a tight deadline and it has been all consuming for the past couple of months. I wrote a book, hard to believe, but there it is.

I have been presented with the opportunity to speak at one of the venues at the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma’s Men’s Retreat, Rewired, this month. You can read more about that here. There is also a video I did in support of the conference toward the bottom of the page.

Logos recently sent me the inaugural issue of their new publication, Bible Study Magazine. One of the ways I judge a publication is the quality of the contributors. This inaugural issue has a good stable of writers and subjects.

The cover story is an exploration of how Josh McDowell defends and studies the Bible. The core of the article is his approach on how to approach people on the reality of Christ. If you are interested in leading people to Christ or find yourself in conversations where you are searching for a way to proceed, this will help.

Welcome to the new website. This is going to be fun. We are going to use this as a integral tool in the mission of Entrusting Truth, equipping men to meet with God in His Word so that they can develop a close relationship with Him.

There will be resources here for you to deepen your personal walk with God. The emphasis will be on meeting with God in His Word but that will by no means be our only focus. We will examine here, together, all that deepens our walks with Him.